Congratulations to the early adopters of BLUE-RAY. Was a risky choice but we won! The reason that make that possible was the fact thas MS and TOSHIBA only focus was to gain some time to prepare the MS HD Streaming service for the Xbox and other Media Centers. SONY was the only one thas focus in the implementation of a new format with best video and sound. LPCM Sound 5.1 is only possible with BLU-RAY and is tottaly pure CINEMA in my Onkyo AV Receiver TX-SR605 (HDMI 1.3a), not an amator sound like the compressed sound of the HD-DVD. If the HD-DVD lovers don't ear the the diference, buy another TV and a better AV Receveir (HDMI 1.3a) and you will ear the diference. Probabely you haven't eard the diference before because you have a TV and Soundsistem that sucks(like your HD-DVD). I Know what I'm talking about I have an Xbox HD-DVD and a PS3, I'm trying to sell my Xbox HD-DVD but nobody whant's it after the lattest news. Is anybody interested?
You are so full of yourself, claiming to be able to "ear" the difference. I doubt in the blind test, that you would be able to pin point the difference between uncompressed audio and DTS-HD or TrueHD.
The uncompressed audio used by Blu-ray is a waste of space at little to no gain.
While I like less compression, compression is not always a bad thing. If it wasn't for compression we wouldn't have 1080 video on the media we have currently. Compression is a necessary evil, but when done right (like DD, DTS, TrueHD and DTS-HD) is just fine and delivers us high quality audio.
This whole chest pounding, mine is bigger than yours you people talk about it nothing more than just that... spec whoring.
I am a Blu-ray supporter and even I have to laugh at your post. You can't even spell simple words correctly! I would never take the advice of someone who can't even spell. I have a PS3 and have had one since it came out and I am happy that this might finally bring an end to the war so that I can buy a standalone player.
Yeah, congrats and oh by the way, since you're an early adopter, I sure hope your player is upgradeable to 1.1, and if it is, then also upgradeable to 2.0. When you get there some time next year, you're player will be as feature rich as my HD-DVD player was last summer.
Blu-Ray, the technically superior media with the hardware which is "still evolving" when it comes to consumer experience. Pick a profile, noooo, that won't confuse the average walmart shopper.
From a Blu-Ray owner / supporter, you are not helping our cause at all because you are woefully uninformed. HD-DVD also supports lossless compression. There is absolutely NO difference in the output of lossless compression vs uncompressed. Lossy compression maximizes compression by throwing out some detail, like when uncompressed CD/WAV audio is converted to MP3. An MP3 is a fraction of the size of an uncompressed WAV file or CD audio track. Lossless compression does not sacrifice ANY detail and requires much more storage than with lossy compression because nothing is "thrown away". With lossless compression, the data that comes out is EXACTLY what went in. Bit-for-bit identical. I can't stress this enough. Lossless compression reduces the amount of storage required vs uncompressed audio, but the storage requirements are not reduced nearly as far as lossy compression. Lossless compression is kind of like a ZIP file on your PC. You can convert a file or group of files into a compressed "zip" file for storage or transmitting across the Internet. The files inside can then be extracted/uncompressed to get an exact bit-for-bit reproduction of what went in. Just as MP3 is an example of "lossy" audio compression, lossless audio specs can be compared with ZIP; but optimized for patterns found in audio data and designed for decoding as a continuous multi-channel stream. While uncompressed audio has the disadvantage of requiring ridiculous amounts of storage, the only conceivable advantage over lossless compression is that a poorly-made receiver might not decode lossless compression fast enough; causing a slight delay. Any receiver with the HDMI 1.3 spec will automatically adjust audio / video latencies to compensate. Lossless compression is *BETTER* than uncompressed because it leaves more room for video and additional content while not sacrificing a single, solitary digital bit of audio quality.
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Congratulations to the early adopters of BLUE-RAY. Was a risky choice but we won! The reason that make that possible was the fact thas MS and TOSHIBA only focus was to gain some time to prepare the MS HD Streaming service for the Xbox and other Media Centers. SONY was the only one thas focus in the implementation of a new format with best video and sound. LPCM Sound 5.1 is only possible with BLU-RAY and is tottaly pure CINEMA in my Onkyo AV Receiver TX-SR605 (HDMI 1.3a), not an amator sound like the compressed sound of the HD-DVD. If the HD-DVD lovers don't ear the the diference, buy another TV and a better AV Receveir (HDMI 1.3a) and you will ear the diference. Probabely you haven't eard the diference before because you have a TV and Soundsistem that sucks(like your HD-DVD). I Know what I'm talking about I have an Xbox HD-DVD and a PS3, I'm trying to sell my Xbox HD-DVD but nobody whant's it after the lattest news. Is anybody interested?
You are so full of yourself, claiming to be able to "ear" the difference. I doubt in the blind test, that you would be able to pin point the difference between uncompressed audio and DTS-HD or TrueHD.
The uncompressed audio used by Blu-ray is a waste of space at little to no gain.
While I like less compression, compression is not always a bad thing. If it wasn't for compression we wouldn't have 1080 video on the media we have currently. Compression is a necessary evil, but when done right (like DD, DTS, TrueHD and DTS-HD) is just fine and delivers us high quality audio.
This whole chest pounding, mine is bigger than yours you people talk about it nothing more than just that... spec whoring.
I also will gladly take your Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on off your hands if you don't want it since it is so bad, I will even pay shipping!
I am a Blu-ray supporter and even I have to laugh at your post. You can't even spell simple words correctly! I would never take the advice of someone who can't even spell. I have a PS3 and have had one since it came out and I am happy that this might finally bring an end to the war so that I can buy a standalone player.
Yeah, congrats and oh by the way, since you're an early adopter, I sure hope your player is upgradeable to 1.1, and if it is, then also upgradeable to 2.0. When you get there some time next year, you're player will be as feature rich as my HD-DVD player was last summer.
Blu-Ray, the technically superior media with the hardware which is "still evolving" when it comes to consumer experience. Pick a profile, noooo, that won't confuse the average walmart shopper.
"Congratulations to the early adopters of BLUE-RAY. Was a risky choice but we won!"
No, only the head of some giant company will ever win in this war. "We" (the consumers) have all lost, unfortunately.
From a Blu-Ray owner / supporter, you are not helping our cause at all because you are woefully uninformed. HD-DVD also supports lossless compression. There is absolutely NO difference in the output of lossless compression vs uncompressed. Lossy compression maximizes compression by throwing out some detail, like when uncompressed CD/WAV audio is converted to MP3. An MP3 is a fraction of the size of an uncompressed WAV file or CD audio track. Lossless compression does not sacrifice ANY detail and requires much more storage than with lossy compression because nothing is "thrown away". With lossless compression, the data that comes out is EXACTLY what went in. Bit-for-bit identical. I can't stress this enough. Lossless compression reduces the amount of storage required vs uncompressed audio, but the storage requirements are not reduced nearly as far as lossy compression. Lossless compression is kind of like a ZIP file on your PC. You can convert a file or group of files into a compressed "zip" file for storage or transmitting across the Internet. The files inside can then be extracted/uncompressed to get an exact bit-for-bit reproduction of what went in. Just as MP3 is an example of "lossy" audio compression, lossless audio specs can be compared with ZIP; but optimized for patterns found in audio data and designed for decoding as a continuous multi-channel stream. While uncompressed audio has the disadvantage of requiring ridiculous amounts of storage, the only conceivable advantage over lossless compression is that a poorly-made receiver might not decode lossless compression fast enough; causing a slight delay. Any receiver with the HDMI 1.3 spec will automatically adjust audio / video latencies to compensate. Lossless compression is *BETTER* than uncompressed because it leaves more room for video and additional content while not sacrificing a single, solitary digital bit of audio quality.